Witchcraft in the Middle Ages / / Jeffrey Burton Russell.
All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell...
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Russell, Jeffrey Burton, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Witchcraft in the Middle Ages / Jeffrey Burton Russell. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©1984 1 online resource (394 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. The Meaning of Witchcraft -- 2. Witchcraft in History -- 3. The Transformation of Paganism, 300-700 -- 4. Popular Witchcraft and Heresy, 700-1140 -- 5. Demonology, Catharism, and Witchcraft, 1140-1230 -- 6. Antinomianism, Scholasticism, and the Inquisition, 1230-1300 -- 7. Witchcraft and Rebellion in Medieval Society, 1300-1360 -- 8. The Beginning of the Witch Craze, 1360-1427 -- 9. The Classical Formulation of the Witch Phenomenon, 1427-1486 -- 10. Witchcraft and the Medieval Mind -- Appendix: The Canon Episcopi and Its Variations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies. Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in other societies. Skillfully blending narration with analysis, he shows how social and religious changes nourished the spread of witchcraft until large portions of medieval Europe were in its grip, "from the most illiterate peasant to the most skilled philosopher or scientist." A significant chapter in the history of ideas and their repression is illuminated by this book. Our enduring fascination with the occult gives the author's affirmation that witchcraft arises at times and in areas afflicted with social tensions a special quality of immediacy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Witchcraft History. Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Religious Studies. HISTORY / Medieval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501720314 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501720314 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501720314/original |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. The Meaning of Witchcraft -- 2. Witchcraft in History -- 3. The Transformation of Paganism, 300-700 -- 4. Popular Witchcraft and Heresy, 700-1140 -- 5. Demonology, Catharism, and Witchcraft, 1140-1230 -- 6. Antinomianism, Scholasticism, and the Inquisition, 1230-1300 -- 7. Witchcraft and Rebellion in Medieval Society, 1300-1360 -- 8. The Beginning of the Witch Craze, 1360-1427 -- 9. The Classical Formulation of the Witch Phenomenon, 1427-1486 -- 10. Witchcraft and the Medieval Mind -- Appendix: The Canon Episcopi and Its Variations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. The Meaning of Witchcraft -- 2. Witchcraft in History -- 3. The Transformation of Paganism, 300-700 -- 4. Popular Witchcraft and Heresy, 700-1140 -- 5. Demonology, Catharism, and Witchcraft, 1140-1230 -- 6. Antinomianism, Scholasticism, and the Inquisition, 1230-1300 -- 7. Witchcraft and Rebellion in Medieval Society, 1300-1360 -- 8. The Beginning of the Witch Craze, 1360-1427 -- 9. The Classical Formulation of the Witch Phenomenon, 1427-1486 -- 10. Witchcraft and the Medieval Mind -- Appendix: The Canon Episcopi and Its Variations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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